Pippo Pollina: Solo in Concerto

Pippo Pollina, the versatile Sicilian musician, has been one of the most creative artists on the European singer-songwriter scene for more than thirty years. Countless record productions, international tours and prestigious collaborations give him a special status, which he has earned through continuity and commitment both in the studio and live on stage.

Now 60 years old, Pippo Pollina feels the need to celebrate this milestone in his own way with a solo concert in an intimate setting: alone on stage, with just a guitar or sitting at the piano with his expressive voice, which has gained even more intensity as he has matured.

The "Solo in concerto" program represents a kind of retrospective of songs, stories and films from a truly extraordinary career. From Pollina's debut in Sicily with the folk music of Agricantus to his anti-mafia commitment as a journalist in the then emerging movement against the Cosa Nostra in Palermo. From his departure from his native Italy to an aimless trip around the world, to street music and his first concerts, to the many artistic encounters that changed his life and also brought about some international musical collaborations: with the Swiss Linard Bardill, Patent Ochsner and Endo Anaconda from Stiller Has, with the German singer-songwriters Konstantin Wecker, Schmidbauer & Kälberer. Collaborations with the legendary Italian musicians Franco Battiato, Giorgio Conte, Etta Scollo, Nada, Davide Van De Sfroos or Eugenio Finardi, with the French chansonnier Georges Moustaki, with the Norwegian jazz singer Rebekka Bakken, as well as with the Chilean Inti-Illimani and many more.